It seems this to be more and more common that the new shows are japanese only. Should I expect a dub version to come out later or is funimation going to start mostly having subtitle only shows?
Posted Jul 12, 2019, 8:55 PM UTC
Don’t get you hopes up about One Piece....
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Depends on if they have the rights to the dub. Crunchyroll has been getting a few of them, and Aniplex and Sentai are still around, so it's been a little tougher for Funi to get the rights. Especially from Crunchy. At least that's what I've been seeing I don't really know the specifics.
I think they need to Hire new voice actors to help Dub more show and the Catch up a lot of old episodes in some other show's (one piece). This would also help with the problem of every character Sounding the same.
We see this question from a lot of fans at the beginning of a new season. In fact, only three of the shows streaming on FunimationNow this season are sub only.
SimulDubs take about two weeks to produce per episode, starting from the time when we receive the episode materials from Japan. For most shows, we receive episodes very close to simulcast launch time, which means the SimulDub is delayed by about two weeks.
Some shows (like Fire Force, Fruits Basket and The Ones Within this season) provide us with episodes far enough in advance that they can have a same-day SimulDub. But that's rare, which is why most of our SimulDubs premiere during the third or fourth week of the simulcast season.
Actually, the majority of the shows airing this summer are dubbed. There's actually a lot of shows that are airing in both languages, with only some being one or the other (e.g. Fruits Basket dub only, Demon Slayer sub only). The schedule I wrote up on the sidebar of the sub really shows this. I don't think Funimation will be a dub-only service moving forward, but a sub AND dub service.
thanks for pointing out the sidebar that's really helpful.